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This paper investigates the determinants of participation and performance of tobacco contract farmers, and the effects of participation on overall crop and household incomes in the Zambezi Valley of Mozambique. We test the existence of threshold effects in land holdings and educational...
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There is growing interest in biomass from perennial grasses (e.g. switchgrass and miscanthus) for bioenergy production because of their high yields, their potential to be grown on low quality land with minimal competition with food crops and, and their ability to achieve significant reduction in...
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In the literature, the effect of contract farming on the productivity efficiency or profitability is rarely studied, especially in the crop sector. In this paper, we use a farm-level dataset (Agriculture and Resource Management Survey) to examine the effect of contract farming on the farmers'...
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This paper investigates the determinants of participation and performance of tobacco contract farmers, and the effects of participation on overall crop and household incomes in the Zambezi Valley of Mozambique. We test the existence of threshold effects in land holdings and educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805200
The purpose of this research was identifying socio-economic characteristics affected on respondents’ participation in contract farming. The survey was conducted using structured questionnaire in populous states namely Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Johor in...
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China teas, but lowered bids for Vietnam tea. The econometric results show very high premiums for Taiwan products, ranging … Taiwan in 2009. Charcoal-smoked plums from Taiwan and China and oolong teas from Taiwan, China, and Vietnam are auctioned … from 83% to 109% for tea and 55% to 66% for charcoal-smoked plum. These findings clearly show strong preference of …
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major export product of Vietnam by the government. Tea production is an economic sector in the production development for … confirms that the development of tea export market of Vietnam is a right direction. The article shows that enhancing the value … chain of tea industry is one of the factors promoting the development of the Vietnam tea market during the period of …
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